#so it seems like the marvels will be kamala’s introduction into the mcu before her show airs on disney+

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MS MARVEL SPOILERS BELOW

So, I loved the episode finale. It was really amazing and It had the same vibes as the first episodes

Now the ONLY part that I can't be happy about was the whole thing of Kamala being a Mutant instead of an Inhuman

Like I really don't care if the mayority of people loves them but it really doesn't even make sense narratively of what we saw during the show

Why would they shown us a BLUE arm with the bangle? Why would they shown how people that tried to pass through the Veil turned into a fucking cocoon like the ones of the Terrigenesis (if you are not an Inhuman, you died like in AoS. But if you are, the Inhuman gene is activated and you gain your powers)? Why would they shown Black Bolt in MoM and even said that he was the King of the Inhumans if they wouldnt make Kamala one of them?

Also, if she was a mutant wouldnt she should have had her powers BEFORE using the bangle? Why would she need something external (like could be the Nega Bands) to activate something within her?

Sorry but this just doesn't make any sense to me. Kamala is going to appear in The Marvels next, which is probably gonna have more relation with the krees, so it would have made more sense having her origins related with them like in the comics

I get it, a lot of people are trying to justify this saying that the general public would be confused to have two groups that are "similar". Well, they already shown an Inhuman and a Mutant (and a member of the Fantastic Four) TOGETHER in a movie and It didn't generate a big confusion

There are others that are trying to say that Kevin Feige did this to avoid the horrible show of Inhumans. Well, that I can comprehend better 'cause that show was a shit hole. But again, they even bring back the SAME actor in MoM. Why would you bring the same actor playing the same character of a show that is gonna pop up first if you search for it in Google?

Plus, if the rumours about Quake (with Chloe Bennet) returning to the MCU in Secret Invasion are true, then why would you introduce a well known INHUMAN (by the mayority of the MCU fans and even to people who didn't watch the show) and make the other famous Inhuman of the comics (Ms Marvel) a Mutant?? Or are they also gonna make Quake a mutant? Because that would be bullshit and also a BIG WASTE of the amazing arc that she had in AoS about discovering herself as a hero

I wouldnt even care if this whole teasing of Kamala being a Mutant was a misleading to hype out the revival of the X Men animated show (with their proper introduction later in the MCU) and then have a season 2 where Kamala actually finds out that she is in reality an Inhuman

I also think that the two groups could coexist in the MCU without any problem. Even they could make the Inhumans a cosmic kind of group and the Mutants a more Earth focused team. I don't understand why this seems so complicated to do to Kevin Feige (?

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We've been catching up on some TV recently 😄

Obi-Wan Knobie

I thought the series was excellent! and think they should do a Season 2. The only problem I had was with his interaction with Leia it kinda doesn't mesh with Episode 4 like when she is leaving the message for him in R2 it like she doesn't know who he is but she should know or remember who Obi-Wan Kenobi is becasue as a kid she spent quite a bit of time with him. that is pretty much my only gripe with the show a continuity error

She-Hulk

I wanted to see this being I'm a fan of the character and I was happy they were going with the funny/silly 4-wall breaking version which is the version of She-Hulk that I like. Now I actually the series was awesome! I enjoyed it alot! I laughed at parts and giggled at parts and did a few eye rolls here and there. Its all very fun I liked the references and the 4 wall breaks I thought Tatiana Maslany was perfect as Jennifer Walters the way they did She-Hulk was awesome I liked how they kept her origin somewhat close to the comics love the Cameos and thought Tim Roth is still killing it as Abomination. but like I said I enjoyed the series and as a comic reader I have to say that the show is very She-Hulk very similar to the comics.

Ms.Marvel

Now next we watched Ms.Marvel now I can't say I know alot about the Kamala Khan version of Ms.Marvel being I didn't and haven't been reading her series. the Ms.Marvel I grew up with was Carol Danvers Ms.Marvel before she became Captain Marvel. but like I said I know the basics about Kamala Khan from her team-ups and guest appearances in other books. the show is really good it has the fun almost silliness to it but at the same time a very seriousness as well similar to how Spider-Man: Homecoming was it had that same feel as that movie almost. there was some funny moments and some nice action and visuals and speaking of which I knew they changed her powers for live action and she is no longer "stretchy" with her shape shifting powers in the show she is now more like the MCU version of Green Lantern where she puts on a The bangle and it gives her the power to create Hardlight constructs similar to what a Lantern Ring does also there was one thing that bothered me the "Bad Guy" in this were suppose to be djinn but they didn't seem to have any type of magical powers? you would think they would? djinn are suppose to be magical creatures aren't they? also another thing the ending I remember ppl saying that the '97 X-Men animated theme is heard during a scene but I didn't hear anything I watched the scene like 3 times and couldn't hear anything. other then that I thought it was a good and fun show.

Moon Knight

and finally on the Marvel side of things we watched Moon Knight. I know a lil bit more about the character the Kamala Khan's Ms.Marvel. I thought the series was really great plenty of action and adventure and some funny moments I thought I thought the visuals for this were also really well done and kinda impressively cool at times. One thing tho I did feel at a few moments during the series it felt a bit disjointed but got back on track quickly it was like it hit a "speedbump" for a minute. I also think Oscar Isaac was great as Moon Knight and he pulled off the somewhat craziness that the character is know for perfectly! the duality that they do in this was excellent. but yeah I thought it was great and a good introduction for the character into the MCU

Now after watching all three Marvel shows I thought they were all really good and I enjoyed them all but I would have to say I enjoyed She-Hulk the most. I actually thought it was the best of the 3 I probably think that being that I am an actual fan of She-Hulk but also I thought it was witty and funny and full of all kinds of moments and things that I enjoy like comic references and Easter eggs and also I felt it was very close to the actual comics so I'd say I liked it the most.

Also I watched Werewolf by Night now that is something I thought I would never see in live action! but it was pretty great! I liked the whole B&W aesthetic where it looked like a 1950's monster movie that was great! and I loved how they did Man-Thing (aka "Ted") he was perfect! it was a great an somewhat funny introduction of the character into the MCU and I like how they had him use his acidic/burning touch thing too. but it was a good lil special I do wonder if this will have any connections to the upcoming Blade movie?

#star wars #obi wan series #obi wan star wars #obi wan kenobi #disney+ #disney #she hulk #she hulk attorney at law #ms marvel #moon knight #marvel #mcu #marvel mcu #werewolf by night #man thing #naughtygirl286 #shannonj286

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They updated the Ms Marvel title card to match The Marvels title card.

#it was the lightning S and now it’s a curvier S #so it seems like the marvels will be kamala’s introduction into the mcu before her show airs on disney+ #just a theory #ms marvel #captain marvel #the marvels #kamala khan #carol danvers #monica rambeau #iman vellani #brie larson #teyonah parris #kevin feige #marvel #marvel studios #mcu #disney+

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Finally finished season 3 of Avengers Assemble! Loved it, the story really felt more focused than in the previous two!

Some things I want to mention

it’s interesting how much focus the Hulk got this season, with the inhuman arc, tail end of the season with Truman, and Dehulked. I love how much character they gave the Hulk and Bruce Banner. Since the only medium I know of Marvel is the MCU. It’s so interesting for me to see so much development from the Hulk and Bruce. How the Hulk is different from Bruce yet not.

I liked the mini-arch with the Thunderbolts and their eventual redemption via Clint.

It was nicely planned for Dehulked to come before the Inhuman’s introduction to the series. Since a lot of the things Hulk says or does after and during the Inhuman’s introduction is important. How all parts of a person are important, not just the powers or abilities or history alone. But all of it. All parts of them.

Loved Kamala so much. She’s so important for representation as a person of color, as a female, and as a teenager. I love her because of her loveable personality. She’s a fangirl, she’s a dork, and she’s honestly someone I would 98% act like in the face of the Avengers. (Fangirling over your idols? Same)

I really like how Dante and Kamala act during The Kids Are Alright. It’s so relatable. Knowing a weird amount of information about the tower? tbh I would too. Having weirdly specific conversations about Tony Stark’s sleeping habits? Same. Wondering what the heck is in Avenger’s basement and speculating what’s down their? Mood. The two just acting like kids being excited around their heroes is how they should act. They’re just kids who get to explore the living quarters of their idols and heroes. Who wouldn’t freak out a bit? #SpiritAnimals

It’s quite interesting how important and deep the relationship (romantic or not (preferably not)) between the Hulk and Black Widow is. They understand what it’s like to not be given the choice (Red Room and Gamma Mutation) or to be seen as a monster (Highly trained murder assassin since childhood and rage monster). How they do their relationship in this series is so much better than what they did in Age Of Ultron (the movie), it's not out of nowhere and not built of off poorly made ground. It’s built on a mutual understanding of the other’s history and not judging them on it.

The introduction of Vision, Captain Marvel, and Black Panther have varying levels of entertaining for me. Vision’s intro was not really interesting for me, since Vision felt to have less personality to me than his MCU counterpart. While T’Challa wasn’t as explored as I would have hoped for. While Carol. Well

Captain Marvel left quite an impression, so to say. Since in the MCU fandom she seems to be this light of hope to fix Thanos’ Snap. So I expected her to be someone more calm and collected, a more of a stoic/calm leader type. But nope, she’s full of energy (literally) and character. How she’s more impulsive and less team oriented since she’s air force, she has her own plane and thus fights mostly alone. Compared to army Steve, who has to fight with a team at all times on the ground.

Now, Captain Marvel and Captain America. I low-key ship them for some reason. There’s just this level of tension between them in Carol’s introduction episode. Her sort of arrogant joking flare to Steve’s modest and calm nature. Kinda like Steve and Tony. Like those two, the Captains have their similarities both have worked for the arm and know their strategy, albeit in different forms due to their section of the military.

Cute how Carol calls Steve, “Army,” and how Steve calls her, “Air force”

The House Of Zemo is an interesting episode, that I have a lot fo say about

The team throwing Steve a birthday party

Clint getting Steve the missing photo of his dad (even though that creates the very paradox as to why Clint needed to give Steve the photo in the first place)

Pre-Serum Steve and his trusty trash can lid

Present day Zemo having a change of heart because #DaddyIssues

Steve knowing Tony is the main person he knows to fix the time machine and get the others back (shipshipship)

Steve’s Hulkbuster armor arriving first and having a larger gap between the other’s armor in World War Hulk

Now for my opinion on the Civil War 4 parter.

I did not expect Truman to be Ultron, like I was expecting him to be a part of Ultron’s plan when it became really obvious. But I couldn’t figure out how he would fit into it.

Inferno’s anger, loss of control, and reaction is quite understandable. He’s a kid who still recently just got these powers, and he feels responsible for the damage he did. But he’s just a kid.

The four part finale for this season is a doozy, it has so many characters and it connects so many of the plot lines from the whole season (except the Zemo one which technically connected to Songbird’s arc)

Okay, now part 2 to 4 will be very dense due to the amount of important character moments I loved

The sort of debate and the heat between both Captains of the opposing Avengers teams.

How concerned Carol was about Steve after he got hit.

How Tony did not care that they were getting captured, only caring that as long as Cap got medical attention it didn’t matter, even though they could’ve escaped with Nat and Cap would have still gotten the medical attention he needed.

Carol being the first (I think) to call Cap “Steve” (Bucky probably called him Steve and maybe Nat did at some point)

Steve and Carol called each other multiple names throughout this arc (Captain Danvers, Captain Rogers, Steve, Carol)

The fact that the two Captains only fought each other during the whole fight, and stayed in roughly the same location and not straying off. Like Thor fought Vision and Songbird. Tony fought T’Challa, Ant-Man, and Songbird. T’Challa fighting both Stark and Romanoff.

Everyone stopped fighting the moment Steve got injured, like a moment didn’t even pass till they were all at his side

The fact that the team’s main priority after getting out is Steve. Them protecting Steve when the guards come in to get them.

Steve letting Sam use his shield!!

Steve’s comment about how he always tells the truth

The fact that the Mighty Avengers quit because young Kamala was also forced to register despite already working for the government.

Love how Carol knew that Kamala was a tough girl and could take a hit, when even Red Hulk commented that Kamala’s just a kid.

Carol knowing that Kamala writes fanfiction

Carol knowing that Kamala writes Captain Marvel fanfiction

Kamala writes fanfiction!!

Almost all the episodes of this season having some sort of connection to this whole finale. Songbird’s intro, development, history and redemption. Red Hulk, Vision, and T’Challa’s history and previous plot points from their episodes coming into play. Captain Marvel’s introduction, and history with some characters and Captain America coming into play.

Teamwork

Steve and Tony.

Steve and Tony’s goodbye to each other. Being his best friend since ever. Being a better person because he’s your friend.

And did I mention? Tony 100% willing to comply with being arrested just so Steve could get medical attention

I had to remake this post a second time because my laptop is a lil brat

#avengers assemble #avengers assemble! #tony stark #Steve Rogers #bruce banner #natasha romanoff #clint barton #kamala khan #carol danvers #vision #t'challa #Iron Man #captain america #hulk #black widow #hawkeye #ms marvel #captain marvel #black panther #season 3 #s3 #stony #red hulk #songbird #ultron revolution #secret wars

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Marvel’s Future: A New Main Trio?

I don't think it's any real debate at this point that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has made its impact on both film and popular culture at large. That studio took characters that few outside of comic book fandoms had ever even heard about and turned them into a billion-dollar franchise, creating a series of movies rightly regarded as greats. And all this culminated in Avengers Endgame, a decisive cap-off to the story we'd come to know and love, as well as serving as a farewell to many of the characters who had served as the heroes of this tale. And its those characters I wanted to talk about today, or rather, the now-lack of them. Because the cast is undoubtedly one of the major highlights of this franchise, and standing at the center was its three biggest stars; Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. But, as Endgame now showed, those are three costumed crimefighters that we're likely to never see again, thus taking out a lot of the draw that made the past films work as well as they did. And since the MCU is likely going to want to continue for a long time, that leaves the worrying question of who can take the place of those three greats. Who can stand up to fill the void left behind by the original core trio of the Avengers and serve as the face of the franchise from here on out?

Now this is a pretty big thing to speculate on, I know. These three characters brought the franchise to life and are, within the MCU itself, absolute giants that would be pretty daunting to try and follow in the footsteps in. But if Marvel is going to want to continue to draw people in, we're going to need a central cast around which everything else has to revolve. And my big idea here is this. Don't just focus in on a new cast, but specifically a younger one. A trio of younger heroes who have grown up in this world of monsters, heroes and aliens, who have, with the rest of the world, seen the world change from the mundane to the fantastic, and have them be the ones to take up the mantle left behind by Tony, Steve and Thor. Young people who not only have coming-of-age stories of their own, but also have to have them during an age that has been irreversibly influenced by these powerful, larger-than-life figures who, without even realizing it, have shaped just what life is going to be like for the next generation. Thankfully, the MCU has already provided a pair of characters that I feel can be a part of this new hypothetical core trio, and as for the third, well, I'll get into that one a bit later on.

The first of my proposed new trio would be none other than Peter Parker, the amazing Spider-Man himself. And this one, I think, is probably going to be the least contentious of my choices, because Peter has proved himself to be a well-liked and popular addition to the Marvel films since his debut in Civil War. In fact, the reveal that his character was going to be a part of that movie was likely a big reason why so many people were drawn to it, even though that film would likely have been considered great even without him. Tom Holland has been a real standout performance in the role and every subsequent film he's been in has only cemented my belief that he is not only a worthy Spider-Man, but someone who will probably go on to be one of the key figures in Marvel's future. And since the movies have already set him up to be a sort of successor hero to Tony Stark, I'd say him being considered as one of the new mains is going to be something a lot of people will want. And hey Tony himself personally "knighted" him as an Avenger back in Infinity War, and if that's not a blatant "I choose you" moment for the character, I don't know what is.

Second on my list would be Princess Shuri, younger sister to T'challa, the King of Wakanda and the Black Panther. Much like Peter, Shuri has proved to be a likeable addition to the MCU, with some even citing her as the most enjoyable character of the Black Panther film. And while her brother might himself be more associated with the Avengers, we cannot forget that he is a national leader, and therefore will probably be occupied with a great many responsibilities. His sister, by contrast, is not only unhindered by such things, but also seems to have a greater affection for the world beyond Wakanda's borders, and as the end of her brother's film showed, she'll be getting out there pretty often as part of Wakanda's efforts to better be a part of international affairs. So she'll definitely have more opportunity be out there, and if rumours are to be believed, there's even a chance of her perhaps taking on the mantle of Black Panther herself one day, if only during those times when T'challa himself won't be able to do it. As a funny, intelligent and witty young woman, I think Shuri would be a welcome addition to the new main cast of the MCU, especially since there would be a need to have a hero whose abilities didn't solely lie in some extra-human powers like other characters have.

As for my final choice, I thought long and hard, and eventually decided on the character of kamala Khan, AKA Ms Marvel. Now, this one is likely less-known than the other two since she hasn't appeared in the MCU yet, but to give a brief rundown on her she's a Pakistani-American teenager who, like Peter, acquired her powers (in this case super-elasticity, in sort of the same vein as the likes of Mr Fantastic) by accident and decided to take on the role of a costumed hero as a result. As for her personality she is, to be perfectly frank, an utterly unapologetic Marvel fangirl, completely obsessed with the bigger name heroes of that world, in particular Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, whom you can probably tell she took her hero name from. There's a bunch of other stuff with her but that's more or less the gist of it, that she's a super-stretchy girl with an total love of superheroes and would, most likely, be the most enthusiastic about not only the work of heroing but also being a part of whatever new Avengers form up in the wake of the departure of the old guard. And with her, we hopefully have our new core trio for the franchise going forward. A group of youngsters who come of age in an era of superpowers, gods, aliens and all manner of other world-changing events.

However, much as I would love for Kamala to be included in this, I must concede that her being a part of the new Avengers would present a very specific problem. You see, while Ms Marvel has indeed been confirmed to be a future addition to the MCU, her arrival will not be by way of a theatrical film, but rather television, specifically a Disney Plus exclusive. Now that might not sound like an issue since it's all Marvel, but consider this. The movies will, by and large, be the main form of Marvel that general audiences will be watching or otherwise be aware of. So, for instance, while not everyone going into the original Avengers will have seen all the other movies, they will have likely at least heard of characters like Tony, Thor and Steve. Kamala has no such luck, especially if she's thus-far only going to be appearing on a streaming service that not everyone has access to. So if we're going to have her as part of this new trio, there's probably going to have to be more explanation with her than there is with Peter or Shuri since audiences would already be familiar with the two of them. Fortunately, I've given this some thought and I think I've come up with a workaround.

Remember, Peter's own introduction in Civil War clearly showed that he'd been having a career as Spider-Man for some time before Tony recruited him. He never had any in-movie depiction of his origins. The same thing can be done for kamala. Have her go through her TV stuff sure, but wen it comes to the team-up have her inclusion be like Peter's, where the other heroes find her and include her with only a vague acknowledgement to the stuff she's been getting up to before that meeting. So those who've seen her show might understand what she's been referring to and moviegoers will, like with Peter, get this sense that there was this whole other story that they just haven't been told yet. As for how to bring the three together, maybe Peter will come across some baddie he can't fight alone, and with the Avengers kaput he decides to seek out other help. He goes to Shuri (with the two of them having maybe established an acquaintance during Tony Stark's funeral and wake) and together they try and stop the villain between them. And during their attempt they come across kamala, who has been getting involved with the antagonist while they were tracking them. Details can maybe be worked out later.

But while getting the characters all together is all well and good it'll all be for nothing if they don't work well off each other. That was, after all, one of the things people loved about the original Avengers. Thankfully, I believe these three kids have a lot they can do together once they become a team. Shuri and Peter, as one example, could pick each others' brains over some random new technology they discover during their combined villain-fighting, all while Kamala looks on totally confused as to what they're talking about. Kamala and Peter could share a moment where they consider how their chance for an ordinary teenage life is gone for them because of what happened to them. Or perhaps they could share an avid fan moment where they discuss who could win in a fight between two of the older heroes, all while Shuri watches them with amusement. Maybe Kamala and Shuri could have a talk about feeling like they're in the shadows of their respective predecessors, Captain Marvel and Black Panther, and assure each other that they're just as worthy of being heroes. Really, there's no end to the kinds of interactions these three could have once they're all together, and I think it has the potential for some truly great character moments.

Now, I realize that it's unlikely that such a team-up will happen. It was all just a bit of fun speculation. But I do think it's worth considering. After all, the MCU, at least as we've known it for the past decade-plus, can no longer continue as it was because of the massive cast change that Endgame gave us, and I truly think that the franchise will need some new main face if it's going to want to continue onwards, trio or otherwise. Thankfully, if nothing else, we know by now that this is a studio that has enough experience at making great movies that, no matter what form their franchise takes, at least it'll be fun for us to see play out 😊

#writing #essay #my stuff #marvel #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #iron man #tony stark #captain america #steve rogers #thor #peter parker #spider man #shuri #ms marvel #kamala khan

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10 Marvel Comics You Need To Read Before MCU Phase 4 | ScreenRant

With so many Marvel Studios projects in development, it might be time for a refresher course. Between sequels, new properties, and a handful of new television series on the way, Marvel fans have plenty on their plate. However, if you have a few blind spots in your Marvel knowledge or simply don't read comics,  this list should help fill some blanks. For this list, we've compiled some landmark Marvel comics that correspond to the next few Marvel projects.

Never read a Moon Knight book? Who are the Eternals, anyway? Don't worry, here's some recommended reading to prepare you for the onslaught of content that Marvel Studios has up its sleeve. Here are 10 Marvel Comics You Need To Read Before MCU Phase 4.

RELATED: 10 Characters Who Should Probably Retire From The MCU Soon

10 Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread

Based on photos, casting, and rumors, there isn't any one Black Widow book that the film is based on. Seeing as the movie is setting up to be an amalgam of trademark Black Widow elements, this modern-day classic might be a great spot for new readers to jump on board.

The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto is the gritty spy thriller that fans of the movies have always wanted. Between Edmondson's compelling mystery and Noto's painterly art, this is a must-have for Black Widow fans and new readers alike.

RELATED: 10 Characters Who Should Probably Retire From The MCU Soon

This story probably won't reflect the plot of the movie, but it shows just how compelling a Black widow solo adventure could be (and has been in comics for decades now).

9 The Mighty Thor: Thunder In Her Veins

With Natalie Portman's Jane Foster gearing up to wield the hammer, fans should probably pick up Jason Aaron's work on Thor. She has her first adventures as Thor in Aaron's Thor: The Goddess of Thunder, but for a while, her identity was a secret. However, the reveal of Jane Foster as Thor has created a new fan-favorite for many and one of the most compelling character arcs in Marvel's recent history.

RELATED: 10 Other MCU Characters Who Might Be Worthy Of Wielding Thor's Hammer

The Goddess of Thunder is a great starting point, but fans that want to skip the mystery should pick up The Mighty Thor: Thunder in Her Veins. This story arc begins a true epic that fans will want to read in full. Not only will it have you in tears by the end, but it also helps set up one of the better recent crossover events, War of the Realms.

8 Moon Knight: From The Dead

Moon Knight, arguably the most underrated Marvel character in existence, is finally getting his own series on Disney Plus. If you've never heard of him, let Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey's From the Dead be your introduction.

Who is Moon Knight? He's an ex-mercenary with multiple personalities possessed by a moon god. He fights anything from mobsters and robots to vampires and ninjas. The Marvel universe is a crazy place, and From the Dead shows how Moon Knight can tackle any corner of it with style and brutality.

This run is an anthology of different Moon Knight stories, and between Ellis' trademark wit and Shalvey's kinetic artwork, it'll hook newcomers with ease. If you feel compelled to read further — and you will — check out the runs by Charlie Huston and Jeff Lemire.

7 Neil Gaiman's Eternals

For most movie fans, the Eternals are a bit of a mystery.  The Eternals are essentially evolved humans — ancient prototypes of humans created by Celestials, which fans will remember from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Marvel legend Jack Kirby created the characters, but for a modern introduction, check out Neil Gaiman's Eternals.

RELATED: 10 Ways The Eternals Movie Might Connect To The Wider MCU

His series contains the cast of the upcoming film as well as the official (retconned) backstory of the Eternals. It's quite likely that this book is the basis for the movie as well, so definitely pick it up.

6 Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon

My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction and David Aja is the basis for Marvel's upcoming Hawkeye series on Disney Plus, right down to the show's title card. It deals with Hawkeye's life outside of his career as an Avenger, as well as the training of his apprentice, Kate Bishop.

RELATED: Hawkeye Disney Plus: 5 MCU Characters We Want To See Return (And 5 We Don't)

Hawkeye's somewhat-but-not-so ordinary life is a lot more compelling than you might think, and once you read this series, he'll likely become your favorite Avenger. It's got great action, witty humor, and some pretty innovative issues — entire books are told through sign language, and one issue even stars his dog.

5 All-New Captain America

Now that Cap has passed the shield to Sam Wilson in Avengers: Endgame, fans won't being seeing him again until The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney Plus. Can Sam Wilson fill Steve Rogers' shoes? Well, he already has. All-Captain America by Rick Remender is Sam Wilson's first adventure as the winged Captain America.

In the first arc, Sam Wilson must thwart an emerging Hydra threat while living up to his new mantle. This series is proof that Sam is the man for the job, even if fans aren't ready to let go of Steve Rogers.

4 Ms. Marvel: No Normal

As a nerdy superhero fan from Jersey City, Kamala is so familiar with the Avengers' antics in New York that she even writes fan fiction about her favorite heroes. When she acquires Inhuman powers, she names herself after her idol, Captain Marvel.

RELATED: 10 Things You Should Know About Ms. Marvel

Kamala is already a well-established character with plenty of different appearances and team-ups throughout the comics, so where better to start than from the beginning? Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona contains her origin story and is a must-read for any Marvel fan.

3 She-Hulk: Single Green Female

She-Hulk is more than just female Hulk. Jennifer Walters is a character that not many people are familiar with, but unlike her cousin Bruce Banner, she actually enjoys being the Hulk. A great entry point before her Disney Plus series is Dan Slott's She-Hulk: Single Green Female, where Jen must balance her life as the Hulk with her very demanding career as a lawyer.

RELATED: 10 Storylines Disney+'s She-Hulk Series Could Use

She's not a scientist like Bruce, but a lawyer in the emerging field of superhero law. Naturally, superhero lawsuits come with plenty of cameos and crossovers, but this is very much a She-Hulk story that manages to stay breezy and fun while distinguishing Jen Walters as her own unique character.

2 House of M and Vision

The Disney Plus series WandaVision is a head-scratcher for most fans, so this entry cheats a little to give readers the best primer.

The concept of the show seems to be based on a combination of two different books: House of M by Brian Michael Bendis and Vision by Tom King. In House of M, Scarlet Witch loses control of her powers and alters reality for the worse. In Vision, the titular hero tries to settle down and have a family, until everything goes horribly wrong.

Concept art for the series depicts Wanda and Vision in an idyllic, sitcom-esque lifestyle, but everything is not what it seems. This suggests influences from both of these excellent stories, so definitely check them out.

1 Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird

The last two Avengers films prove that Stephen Strange has come a long way since his solo film in 2016. Since his next film is said to be the MCU's first horror movie, it might benefit fans to pick up a comic where Strange is experienced and more than familiar with the scariest aspects of magic.

The Way of the Weird by Jason Aaron is Strange is his absolute strangest. For him, protecting reality is just another average day, despite some of the creepiest and most grotesque threats always knocking at his door. Chris Bachalo's art makes this an especially unique read — if you want to see what a Doctor Strange horror movie might look like, then look no further.

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This post contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War. You should go see the movie before you read this.

At the tail end of Avengers: Infinity War’s post-credits scene, the camera focuses in on a star, flanked by stripes. It’s a Marvel riff on the iconic Bat Signal that alerts Batman that Gotham needs him. It tells us that the world is in dire need of help, and there’s only one person who can handle the job.

In this case, it’s Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel.

In Marvel comics, the photon-firing, supersonic-flying Captain Marvel has become a high-profile Avenger, leading Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into galactic battles on more than one occasion — she even went face to face with Thanos and his Black Order and lived to tell the tale. She’s still yet to be seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, outside of that Infinity War tease, but that’s set to change in 2019 with Captain Marvel, where she’ll be played by Brie Larson.

Captain Marvel represents Nick Fury’s ace in the hole and the last hope against Thanos and his universe-shattering cull, but her existence in Marvel’s extremely popular and lucrative cinematic universe is important for another reason: There have been 19 Marvel movies (including Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel’s joint venture with Sony), and no female superhero has ever had one to herself. On top of saving the world and being Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ best chance to reverse Thanos’s destruction, Captain Marvel could also help change the way we think about superheroes. Again.

Captain Marvel. Marvel Comics/Dexter Soy

The Captain Marvel title has been applied to several Marvel Comics superheroes over the years, but when people talk about Captain Marvel in the context of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they’re referring to Carol Danvers, a character introduced to Marvel comic books in 1968.

Due to a freak accident involving an exploding alien device, Danvers is granted powers like super strength and flight. And in another arc in Uncanny X-Men no. 164, she gets a power upgrade — basically energy manipulation and projection on a cosmic scale — and becomes the being known as “Binary.” Both Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers have been through a lot in the comic books; depending on who’s writing Danvers, she retains her initial powers and some iteration of the powers she inherited from going Binary.

However, the upcoming movie references a specific 2012 comic book arc centered on the revamp of Carol Danvers. Penned by Kelly Sue DeConnick and drawn by Dexter Soy with an assist from artist Jamie McKelvie, it finds Carol, previously known as Ms. Marvel, taking on the mantle of Captain Marvel and getting a Rocketeer-like costume change in the process. (Carol would end up passing the Ms. Marvel moniker to Kamala Khan, star of the current Ms. Marvel comics.)

While Danvers’s Air Force background and thirst for space exploration were introduced in past issues, these facets of her personality weren’t really explored, even though she had become a leader on the Avengers roster. In the first arc of Captain Marvel, DeConnick and Soy clarify the character’s long and often messy history by grounding each issue in different aspects of Danvers’s life: her time in the Air Force, her dreams of exploring space, and what the title Captain Marvel means to her. Given that the Captain Marvel film will be the character’s introduction to a much wider audience, it’s safe to assume it will use a similar blueprint to help translate Carol’s convoluted superhero origin story to the big screen.

But Marvel’s decision to make Captain Marvel the first solo female superhero movie in its cinematic universe isn’t just because she’s a powerful superhero with a great storyline. She also has a vocal and influential fandom.

Under DeConnick and Soy’s run, a fandom called the “Carol Corps” emerged. Their enthusiasm for DeConnick’s story was huge and outspoken and is largely seen as the beginning of a bigger movement to get women and girls more interested in comic books, and for companies like Marvel to think harder about representation in comics and superhero stories.

Thanks to DeConnick and Soy’s run and the enthusiasm it generated, Captain Marvel — like Black Panther and Wonder Woman — represents so much more than a superhero blockbuster. Like a tale of an African king who commands the most advanced and technologically superior country in the world, or an Amazonian princess tasked with defeating the god of war, a female space commander shooting photon beams from her palms, taking down aliens with her megaton shoulder, and ripping through the galaxy is the sort of fantasy that Marvel hadn’t really made room for before, and neither had cinema. Captain Marvel looks to change that.

Captain Marvel. Marvel

In the comic books, Carol and the Avengers have saved the universe on multiple occasions. And in 2015, Carol teamed up with Black Panther and a few other superheroes as the Ultimates, a team tasked with eliminating cosmic threats — basically an outfit seemingly designed in a lab specifically to take on Thanos. So there’s plenty of comics precedent for Carol Danvers facing the sort of situation at the end of Infinity War.

But Marvel has been very coy about the Captain Marvel movie.

It’s understandable that the studio would be stingy about details surrounding Captain Marvel and the other upcoming sequels and movies on its slate. Revealing too much about Captain Marvel or Ant-Man and the Wasp, or even the title of Avengers 4, would have run the risk of spoiling Infinity War’s ending before it hit theaters.

That said, we do know a bit about the movie, primarily that it’s set in the 1990s and that it will most likely be set in space or Marvel’s cosmic universe. Marvel said in March:

Based on the Marvel comic character first appearing in 1968, the story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This week, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Annette Bening is joining the film, joining Djimon Hounsou and Lee Pace, who will reprise the characters they played in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Setting the movie in the ’90s and placing Carol Danvers in the middle of a galactic conflict neatly avoids some glaring plot holes her sudden presence could introduce into the established Marvel Cinematic Universe. If a powerful superhero like Captain Marvel showed up on Earth in the ’90s, people would ostensibly be asking where she went and why she wasn’t around for the Chitauri invasion in The Avengers or fighting Ultron in Age of Ultron. If she’s dealing with problems in the cosmos, it takes her out of the equation. It also allows Marvel the space to tell an origin story that would otherwise be impossible to tell within the current Thanos-amped stakes of the MCU.

The important thing to note about the Captain Marvel movie is that it won’t see Captain Marvel resetting the events of Infinity War. As my colleague Todd VanDerWerff pointed out in his podcast last week, Marvel’s recent films, like Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Black Panther, function primarily as isolated stories, as opposed to stories that moved the needle in the broader MCU, like Captain America: Civil War. Thor: Ragnarok reintroducing us to Hulk and setting the table for Thor and Thanos was the exception.

Captain Marvel looks like it will fit into that holding pattern because it’s set in the ’90s, well before the events of Infinity War (and all of the MCU films preceding it, for that matter). Paired with the onscreen promise at the end of Infinity War that “Thanos will return,” it seems Captain Marvel won’t be brought into the fold to address the fallout of Thanos’s destruction until next year’s still-untitled Avengers 4.

A feeling of urgency to see Captain Marvel and the rest of the Avengers right Thanos’s decimation is understandable because so many beloved characters bit the dust in Infinity War. But Carol getting her own movie first will allow fans to get to know the character — her strengths, weaknesses, and spirit — beyond being the magic bullet to defeat Thanos. No doubt Carol and her super strength and photon beams will be an asset against the biggest and baddest villain in the Marvel Universe. But it will be even more satisfying to see her save the day (again) after getting to know her on her own terms first.

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Every Marvel TV Series Coming To Disney+ | Screen Rant

Here's every Marvel TV series coming to Disney+. While Avengers: Endgame was the end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we'd come to know it, the MCU is going to get even bigger in Phase 4, at least in terms of its television output. Disney is launching its own streaming service, and Marvel is at the very heart of it.

Disney+ is the Mouse House's weapon in the streaming wars, designed to topple the competition with a mix of Disney (and now Fox's) enviable back catalog and big-budget original content, with TV shows from some of the biggest franchises like Star Wars and Pixar in the works. Key to this plan is the MCU. While Marvel has made TV shows before now, these will be under the banner of Marvel Studios, and as such are going to be more closely linked to Marvel movies.

Related: How Disney+ Will Make Money (Eventually)

Disney and Marvel clearly have big, long-term plans for the MCU Disney+ TV shows and how they can connect with the big screen offerings, and while they'll likely be making many more, these are the Marvel TV shows already confirmed for Disney+ so far.

Set to be the first Disney+ MCU TV show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will reunite its two titular characters - a.k.a. Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes - for a new mission, with both Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan onboard to reprise their roles from the MCU movies. Also returning are Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter and Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo, while Wyatt Russell is joining the cast as US Agent. Avengers: Endgame concluded with Falcon becoming the new Captain America, but it seems like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will be playing around with that concept, hence them still having those names, and seeing Sam growing into the role. Kari Skogland will direct the six-episode series, which is slated for release in fall 2020.

Although Vision was killed in Avengers: Infinity War, and didn't return in Avengers: Endgame, the character is still coming to Disney+ in the series WandaVision, which will once again pair up Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch with Paul Bettany's Vision. Other returning faces include Kat Dennings' Darcy Lewis and Randall Park's Jimmy Woo, while Teyonah Parris will play an adult version of Captain Marvel's Monica Rambeau. It takes place post-Endgame and also in the 1950s, with the biggest question right now about how exactly Vision is going to return (although the clue is likely in the title). With six episodes to be directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision is going to be "half classic sitcom, half MCU spectacular." WandaVision is coming to Disney+ in spring 2021, curiously just before Scarlet Witch appears in Doctor Strange 2.

Loki was the first TV series to be announced for Disney+, although it won't arrive until spring 2021. Loki has undergone a major transformation in the MCU, moving from being an outright villain to a more complex and at times heroic character, but the one we're getting in the Disney+ series is the Loki of old. The God of Mischief stole the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame, disappearing into his own branched reality, and that's where the Loki Disney+ series is going to be set, meaning it follows the version of the character who hasn't had such growth, and is instead still a fun bad guy. Kate Herron is directing the six-episode series, which is expected to follow the God of Mischief across a number of different time periods, with Tom Hiddleston the only confirmed cast member right now.

Related: Every Disney Movie & TV Series Announced At D23 2019

An animated Marvel series that will put a different spin on the MCU we know, What If...? is based on the comic book series of the same name, and will depict alternate reality versions of some of the biggest MCU moments. There'll be a different scenario for each of the 23 movies that make up the Infinity Saga, including one where Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter is given the Super Soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers, who instead gets the Marvel Zombies treatment. Just about every major MCU actor is returning for What If...?, from Samuel L. Jackson to Josh Brolin, while Jeffrey Wright has been cast as Uatu the Watcher, meaning he'll be the one collecting and telling all of these different stories. What If...? is slated to hit Disney+ in summer 2021.

After Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye is one of the few original Avengers with a viable future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, something that's going to be explored in his Disney+ series - although it's also going to be an opportunity for him to hang up the bow for good. Hawkeye will see Jeremy Renner reprise his role as Clint Barton, but he's going to have some company in the form of Kate Bishop, who he'll take under his wing and train up to be his replacement and, in Renner's words, "ultimately a better version" of Hawkeye. Bishop has yet to be cast, although there's plenty of time for that yet, with Hawkeye not set to land on Disney+ until fall 2021.

As part of the many major Disney reveals at D23 Expo, Kevin Feige added more TV shows to the growing list of Disney+ series, including one based on Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms Marvel. Khan is a Pakistani American teenager who gains superpowers via Terrigenesis, granting her the ability to stretch and change shape, and who is, as the name suggests, a huge fan of Captain Marvel. Ms Marvel is a widely popular character who has been on the horizon for the MCU for some time now, and with Spider-Man leaving Marvel behind, Ms Marvel's introduction in Phase 4 is going to be well-timed. Bisha K. Ali will serve as showrunner on Ms Marvel, with the character also confirmed to be appearing in MCU movies at some point too (likely meaning Captain Marvel 2).

Like with Ms Marvel, Moon Knight is another character Marvel fans have been wanting to see adapted to screen for a long time. Because he's a much darker, more violent character than most we've seen in the MCU movies, there had been a lot of talk about a Netflix series, before the Netflix MCU collapsed. It remains to be seen just how true to the source a Disney+ Moon Knight series is, given it'll have to be more family-friendly, but it's nonetheless exciting. Moon Knight is a vigilante with dissociative identity disorder, who can struggle to tell the difference between what's real and what isn't, and it'll be interesting to see how Disney tackles that.

Related: How Marvel Television Is Evolving & Improving In The 2020s

The final Marvel series currently in the works for Disney+ is She-Hulk, which will revolve around Jennifer Walters. Walters was a highly skilled lawyer who, after an injury, received a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, and in the process acquired a mild version of his Hulk condition. This gave her the ability to become just like the Hulk, except her intelligence remains intact. Given that Marvel has just done that with the actual Hulk in Avengers: Endgame, it'll be interesting to see how they approach She-Hulk on Disney+, but with Hulk's complicated rights issues then introducing She-Hulk makes it easier for them to tell Hulk solo stories, except using Walters instead of Banner. As with Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight, there's no word yet on when She-Hulk will be released on Disney+.

More: MCU Phase 4 Is Still Obsessed With The Infinity Stones

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How Avengers: Endgame Set Up Ms. Marvel's MCU Entrance

Avengers: Endgame set up the introduction of the MCU's Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel. Marvel Studios has confirmed that it's currently working on a Ms. Marvel series to stream exclusively on Disney+. The show will introduce viewers to Kamala Khan before she migrates over to the movies.

Created back in 2013, Kamala Khan is a popular teenage hero with the power to manipulate her body on a molecular level. She can shrink and grow, stretch and constrict, and some alternate-universe versions have even demonstrated the ability to shapeshift. Marvel Studios has been openly discussing the possibility of bringing Ms. Marvel into the MCU for almost a year now, and at the D23 fan expo 2019, Marvel president Kevin Feige announced that these plans are becoming a reality.

Related: Who Is Ms. Marvel? The MCU's New Teen Superhero Explained

Back in April 2018, Feige revealed why the studio was taking its time with Kamala Khan. "We wanted to get Captain Marvel out there first," he explained, "so that there is something for a young Muslim girl to get inspired by." It was an interesting statement, not just because it confirmed Marvel will take a comic-book-accurate approach; it suggested that Marvel would wait for the right moment to bring in Ms. Marvel. They needed Carol Danvers to be carefully positioned as a major, inspirational hero before they could move on with the spinoff. And that's where Avengers: Endgame came in.

Carol Danvers' story began in Captain Marvel, but that film didn't quite do the job. It introduced the MCU's version of Captain Marvel, a USAF test pilot who was exposed to Tesseract energy and became the most powerful superhero in the movies. But it was essentially a prequel, set in 1995 and retconning its titular hero into the history of the shared universe. As a result, Captain Marvel's initial impact had to be subtle; although she had a profound influence on Nick Fury and the Avengers Initiative, the public had to be left with no idea she even existed. Captain Marvel ended with Carol Danvers heading into space, and there's currently no evidence she returned until after Thanos snapped his fingers and erased half the life in the universe in 2018.

All this meant that Captain Marvel couldn't possibly serve as setup for Ms. Marvel. Marvel Studios has always been clear that the MCU's Kamala Khan would be a present-day character, with Kevin Feige noting Ms. Marvel hadn't been born yet in 1995. Given that's the case, there was no reason for a teen in the present day to be inspired by a forgotten superhero from 1995.

Avengers: Endgame radically changed Captain Marvel's reputation on Earth - and it was actually done with an impressive degree of subtlety. Nick Fury's pager signal brought Carol Danvers back to Earth shortly after the snap, and the film implied that she remained in constant contact with the Avengers during the five-year time period Marvel now call "The Blip." In fact, a careful reading of the script suggests that Carol returned to Earth several times during that period, and may even have been a constant presence. Black Widow was expecting Captain Marvel to come back for what seems to have been a scheduled visit, and she'd clearly been discussing personal matters with War Machine.

Related: Endgame Left A Lasting Connection Between Earth & The Cosmic MCU

The clear implication is that Captain Marvel felt a sense of responsibility for helping her homeworld during the Blip. At the very least, she stayed in touch with the Avengers and visited fairly frequently; more likely, she became recognized as a high-flying superhero on Earth, potentially a source of hope for the public in an incredibly difficult time.

Avengers: Endgame saw Earth's heroes successfully reverse the snap, but it was a close thing. Earth's Mightiest Heroes don't seem to have ever told the public everything; Spider-Man: Far From Home revealed that everybody believes Steve Rogers sacrificed himself as part of Thanos' defeat, suggesting knowledge of time travel has been kept secret. But satellite images will surely have given a sense of the fearsome forces the Avengers had to take on, including the phenomenal threat of Thanos' Sanctuary II. That means the public will likely know just who brought down Sanctuary II, and by extension will be aware Captain Marvel was a major player in the final battle.

Captain Marvel's reputation on Earth will never have been greater. The world may be mourning its fallen heroes, but it will also be celebrating those who are still alive; as far as the public is concerned, Carol Danvers was surely essential in Thanos' defeat. It's no longer hard to imagine a young Muslim-American girl being inspired by a high-flying superhero who can bring down a starship, who served as a symbol of hope during those five years of sorrow, and who ultimately helped to put the universe to right.

Interestingly, Avengers: Endgame could bind Kamala Khan's story into the MCU's overarching narrative. It's possible she was one of Thanos' snap victims, and that she returned to learn that she - and half the world - had been saved by the Avengers. But a better approach would probably be to make her one of the snap survivors, someone who lived through the Blip. Her childhood would have been marked by grief and trauma, and she could have clung to the hope offered by this new, powerful, and potentially mysterious superhero. All Kamala's pain would have been transformed to joy when the snap was undone and her friends and family returned. In the comics, Kamala Khan has always been known for her relentless positivity, and why wouldn't she be positive in this scenario? As far as she's concerned, her heroes have literally conquered death itself.

Related: Avengers: Endgame’s Ending Has Some Disturbing Implications

Ms. Marvel would become a fascinating window into the post-Avengers: Endgame MCU. So far, Marvel hasn't fully examined the impact the snap would have on everyday citizens; how they'd coped with their grief, and what it would have been like to suddenly see their loved ones come back from the dead. Spider-Man: Far From Home explored that a little, but not to any major degree. Frankly, that kind of story is better told in a TV series, with Marvel given the time to explore the emotion that drives the narrative. And that makes Ms. Marvel perfectly timed for this moment in the MCU.

More: Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked Worst To Best (Including Far From Home)

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